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War Machines NPCs

Addon focused on artillery type NPCs and war machines.

2 factions are included for now:
- UAFE (Union of the Armed Forces of Earth, they are allies of HECU forces of HL Resurgence and BMS mods. also from the rebel forces of HL2)
- Black Commandos (They are allies of the black ops faction, of HL Resurgence and BMS mods)
The UAFE (army that fought in the 7-hour war) is an ally of the player. Black commands are enemies of the player

Now all ground vehicles have the Thophy system (Active Protection System - APS) to avoid being destroyed by missiles (can be disabled in the menu). The APS system is located on the top of each vehicle (in each vehicle it can change its location) and can neutralize threats that are a danger to the vehicle. However it is not infallible.
Red light: Threat detected and locked

Yellow light: Threat detected, but not locked or still reloading defense ammunition (in this state the vehicle cannot yet be defended)

Green light: Threat destroyed, entering standby mode


The Ospreys do not have armor and are actually intended to be only troop transport aircraft. Its only defense is a gunner located on its side door to defend against enemies. Since it does not have anti-missile systems, it must normally be escorted by a combat helicopter if there are enemies in the area.

However, they have a good ability to deploy troops quickly from the air with ropes, and the Osprey's AI will always look for the closest point to the enemies to deploy its troops, as long as the terrain allows it.

Tanks are almost fully armored, and can withstand explosives at the front and sides where the armor is thickest. To quickly destroy an M1A1 Abrams you must hit it with explosives in the rear (where the engine is)

They are equipped with:
- a long-range 120mm smoothbore cannon that can destroy any unarmored or lightly armored enemy in one hit, and other tanks in 2 or 3 hits.
- In addition, it also has a 7.62 mm caliber heavy machine gun for defense at medium distances, deadly for unarmored enemies.

The AI ​​of the Tanks allows them to recognize the enemy that has caused some damage through explosives, and will finish off that target first even if it is not the closest (for example a soldier who threw a grenade nearby or a soldier firing an RPG)

Apache helicopters are equipped with light armor, which protects them from most medium and high caliber projectiles, in addition, they have an anti-aircraft defense system against enemy guided missiles. The player must learn to guide their missiles to be able to hit the helicopter, it will not be easy.

They are equipped with:
- a 30 mm caliber chain gun,
- Mini high impact rockets
- Heat guided missiles
- High Penetration and High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) missiles

the helicopter's AI uses its weapons based on the target's threat level and amount of HP. So, if your enemies are simple soldiers, you will most likely use the chain gun and mini rockets to kill them, while for armored enemies you can use a HEAT Missile. In the same way, it will have priority in killing the enemy that manages to cause considerable damage (such as a soldier with an RPG, for example)

These infantry transport vehicles are protected with light but strong armor, capable of withstanding most small and medium caliber weapons. However, is quite vulnerable to anti-tank weapons such as RPGs and other similar weapons.

M2 Bradleys are equipped with:
-7.62mm coaxial machine gun
-25mm automatic cannon main with armor-piercing ammunition
-Guided TOW anti tank missiles

The AI ​​of this APC will choose its weapons depending on the enemy it faces. If the enemies are infantry, mainly use the 25mm cannon (can fire up to 300 rounds before reloading) alternating with the 7.62mm machine gun if enemy troops move around. instead, if it is about heavily armored enemies, or enemies with high health, it will use the TOW Anti-Tank missiles to try to eliminate the threat as soon as possible.

In addition, can deploy allied infantry soldiers (you can choose the class of troops and their armaments in the menu) if the enemies are close enough, or if the bradley is damaged in any way, trying to release all the troops before of being destroyed.

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The AI ​​of all NPCs is controllable via included tools, however for complex map navigation you will need my other addon "Advanced TRATools"

It is also recommended to use the Addons Better Explosion Pack so you can fully enjoy these battles! and Universal army Skins (U.A.F.E.) for corpses of crashed UAFE helicopters.

"file" "particles/slv_explosion.pcf"

If you want the striders to use their cannon to defend themselves against military vehicles, use HL2 Features

(highly recommended)
Do you want to have a similar or more difficulty in gmod as you had in HL2, but are you too lazy to configure everything yourself? Here is a small file (Highly Improved) with all likely the proper HL2 settings like NPC HP, Weapons Damage, Explosions Damage, NPC's Damage, etc... which will give your NPC's a higher difficulty to balance fights between them!

Extract rar archive into your garrysmod folder (NOT IN ADDONS FOLDER)
Remember that you can always edit it as you wish if any of the values ​​are not what you want.
HL2 SKILL OVERHAUL [drive.google.com]

In order to help you, you must comment all the details, all actions and steps you followed to be able to reproduce the error and also, if it is a lua error leave the error line. all this in the comments. If the information mentioned above is missing, you will be possibly ignored.

All of this work is my property and you are NOT allowed to use all or part of my source code for another addon (much less upload it to a workshop or another website) without my explicit consent.

Any attempt to use this for another addon will be considered property theft and I will initiate proceedings against that user's Steam account.

When I no longer work on this addon and no longer support it, it will be communicated in the description, and only then can you modify it yourself or use this addon in another addon. while I am supporting this addon you cannot do, be warned.


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Immersive Battle Cleanup
Spawn Platforms Deluxe
HL2 Features
Universal Army Skins (7 hours war)
Advanced TRATools
NPC Variants
Better Explosions Pack

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